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A Doctor’s Advice on Getting Tattooed or
Pierced

Mar
27, 2011

Body art is now seen
everywhere you look…on teens, housewives, celebrities, models, doctors,
teachers, politicians and more. Most people do not consult a physician
before having their body pierced, needled and redesigned, but many consult a
physician afterwards. Doctors are increasingly being called upon to either
try to remove a tattoo or to treat a nasty infection from any one of the
many types of permanent body procedures.

Tattoos

The current fashion to get
tattooed has become ever more popular over the last several decades.

The result of this new
fashion statement is that more and more people are now showing up in
doctors’ offices.

People are growing up and
finding that “Born to Raise Hell” no longer causes the right response from
prospective business associates or potential romantic partners.

The result is that tattoo
removal is big business! Tattoo removal is difficult, painful, expensive and
requires several treatments. Furthermore, laser removal may not only be
unsuccessful but can actually make the tattoo darker! Many unforeseen
variables, ranging from the type of inks used in the tattoo to an
individual’s immune status can lead to an undesirable outcome of an
attempted tattoo removal. The bad news is that a tattooed person may be
marked for life.

Here is some great free
advice for people who did not consult a doctor before heading off to the
tattoo parlor or local body piercer.

1. Try a temporary tattoo
first. In fact, if you find some high quality temporary tattoos with great
designs, you may want to use these permanently instead of a permanent
inking. Many of the higher quality fake tattoos that are made in the USA
look and feel exactly like real tattoos on the skin. Plus, they usually last
for 3 to 5 days, even while bathing with soap or swimming in a chlorinated
pool.

2. If you must have a name
inscribed, make sure it’s your mother’s name…or someone who you are positive
will be a loved one forever. Your mom will always be Mom…but your current
lover may not be around in a few years. It will be costly and painful to
permanently cover up the tattoo with more ink or have it removed…so think
before you ink!

3. There are many serious
health risks resulting from permanent tattoos. The dangerous Hepatitis C
virus is up six times more common in those who sport tattoos. Health
authorities recommend that those who have graced a tattoo parlor should also
grace a lab.

Some of the more
inexpensive tattoo kiosks may not be able to afford good sterilizing
equipment.

4. Body Piercing was made
popular by the PUNK subculture. Since then the body-piercing fad has teens
and adults of all ages getting pierced in droves.

The nostrils, navels and
nipples are popular yet painful places to pierce. Tongues have become a
favorite site, but beware…the tongue is red due to a huge number of blood
vessels. Body piercers pray they don’t hit a blood vessel when they ram a
large spike through the tongue.

A painful, swollen tongue
can lead to hemorrhaging, tongue infections and other serious
complications.

5. Another common problem
is that the metal balls on the tongue often drives dentists crazy because
biting down on one can fracture and chip teeth plus lead to a wide variety
of mouth problems such as infections and abscesses.

The moral here is that if
you think you must permanently alter your body in one of commonly
fashionable ways...learn all you can about the potential problems. Use
common sense when choosing a tattoo artist or piercer. This is no the time
to be looking for a bargain.

Trying to save money by
using an unprofessional or inexperienced person will very often end up
costing you a great deal more in both pain and expense.